Jim Cornette on The NWA Invasion Of WWE In 1998 

I remember thinking we were about to see Easy E, Dr. Dre and Ice Cube invade WWF

Jim should make some of these thumbnails into t-shirts.

Picturing Jim living in Connecticut is just weird.

This one felt like a 25 minute run on sentence

I remember this being one of the most confusing storylines in WWE history.

In this angle Jim said something like "We are the real NWA, and this is the official NWA championship. Any organization claiming to trace the lineage of their championship to the NWA championship is lying. As far as we're concerned the WWF and others are outlaw promotions, and soon we'll put all these outlaw promotions back under the control of the NWA." If they had portrayed them like legitimate threats, I think this angle could've been salvaged. I really like the idea of an old and vengeful empire trying to reclaim its old territory. They could've made the NWA into something like a conspiracy or something, like it turns out X wrestler has been working for the NWA this whole time because they want wrestling to be old school.

Vince killed the rock and roll express when he brought them out to the rockers music .

I love the cartoon artwork associated with these podcasts.

Having The Rock 'n' Roll Express join Jim Cornette was meaningless to fans who'd only watched WWF because they gave almost no backstory during the angle and insulting to fans who'd watched NWA/WCW because they knew how implausible it was.

As an avid WWF viewer in the 90s, the NWA invasion was trash. With all due respect to the NWA talent involved, the Raw audience gave ZERO shits about them. Regardless of quality, to the general audience the NWA was a dead brand. With all due respect to the man, no amount of build could have gotten mullet-wearing out-of-shape Ricky Morton over to the WWF audience in 1998.

Days of the week, according to Cornette: Mondee, tuesdee, wednesdee, thursdee, fridee, saturdee, sundee

I need this art as a T-shirt

History shows, anything heavily involving Jeff Jarret will bomb horribly.

This would have been so good if they somehow got ric flair in 1998 and made this angle

Artwork inspired me to purchase a Cameo of Cornette throwing up Too Sweet & saying "FA LIFE!"

Dennis Coralluzzo carried the NWA on his back in the 90s, and ran some of the best shows in the tri state area during that time.

Jim forgot that WCW jobbed out The Rock N Roll Express in 1996.

I always loved Jeff! That dude was money! Thanks for these clips and I love when Jim answers a question and it takes 2 hours! 😁

In the voice of Vince McMahon "Goddamn pal, WCW has the NWO but we've got the NWA"

Jim Cornett. I’ve been a biggest fan of yours ever since I was young me and and grand pap never not like your. Storyline my grandfather past now 5 years now . Always got a kick out of you . We could never wait to see what you were going to do!! Thank you for your experience, and being you and bringing us great memories!!!!!!!!

I hated this storyline it seemed bizarre to have a bunch of old dudes "invade"

Gibson’s walleye 😂😂😂

I wouldn’t put it past Vince to book some thing just to kill it. It’s been well documented by those who were involved that he did the ECW brand as a cash grab and to try and stop people from chanting it in every arena

😃👍 I'm screenshotting this picture in the video, this artwork is epic!

The only memorable thing about the NWA gimmick was Jarrett's awesome theme tune.

Love how Vince Russo and Vince McMahon ribbed Cornette with this storyline and Cornette still doesn't understand it was designed to piss him off. Anyone remember that backstage segment from the same time period where McMahon corners Cornette and humiliates him on the air about southern wrasslin?

Imagine Corny & Uncle Chael having a convo I think my head would explode

Rock & Roll Express were in WCW recently before this, so it isn't like they came out of nowhere. They wrestled Flair & Arn on Nitro.

Best things about the angle were: - Tommy Young working on RAW; - Jarrett's theme song; - JR saying on commentary "Bradshaw is fighting the entire NWA!!" (always thought that was funny as hell 😂).

Content like this is always awesome.

The nwa in WWE in 1998 was awesome. I remember one episode of raw they beat up the headbanger's. All of them were great. Barry Windham, Jeff Jarrett and the rock n roll express.

0:11, 0:48 I'll never tire of Corny calling it the WWF. Thanks Jim! 😁👍

Not an invasion more like annihilation.

Being Stunnered without retaliation, after only a 3 minute match, was the absolute best utilization of Jarrett throughout his entire career.

Damn Travis the artwork is great and hilarious 😂

I love this artwork and the episode

Is there a site where I can find the Nate Bash Song This Is Why, which was played at the end of this episode?

Travis Heckel is still battin a thousand ⚾

Wooo Hamilton Ontario - I swear my home town has been called up on house show memories at least 3 times in the last month, including the Undertaker mentioning it

I was at the State College Raw show. It was the last time I would be able to attend a WWF TV event.

These thumbnails are just 99,999 ouze gold

Thank you for sharing!

“Na-Na-national wrestling alliance” *ba wa wa ba wawa ba wawa “f-f-for life”.

Well, it was a Sunday! I'm glad he cleared that up.

At the RAW in Fresno, The Rock and Roll Express with Jim Cornette as their manager wrestled the Legion of Doom. To my knowledge, that was the only time that match happened. Later that night was the famous Steve Austin Mike Tyson Confrontation.

It was an awful angle. Could it have been good?....eh. Maybe. But it was truly terrible and if you watch those Raw’s it really didn’t fit in at all with that early attitude era phase.

Let's do it again? Have Jim walk out on NXT with Nick Aldis ,Tim storm,Eli drake and the rock and roll express and start a invasion.

Shoutout to Grant Brookings on the hilarious thumbnail!!

Jeff Jarrett was already back in WWF for a few months before the NWA Angle.

Great times back then when wrestling was wrestling and not this farce it's become

Did they ever make shirts like this? I want one!

That should be thee perfect angle WWE vs NWA . Their top 3 champions ( from both companies ) going against another for bragging rights of which company is supreme.

Just bought the book. Excited to read

Austin stunning Jarrett and mocking his strut after he won the NWA N.A. Championship was the most memorable moment of Jarrett's career.

Dude needs to turn these thumbnails into a book havent seen one i didnt like and the likenesses are on point🤘🤘

I love the slight green tint to the bleached hair...

I wonder if Jim's seen Flair on Kevin Hart's Cold as Ball's internet show last week?

Weird coincidence considering I just rewatched the 98 Rumble where Jarrett appeared wearing the NWA North American Title and attacked Owen Hart

Great artwork.

Beaver Cleavage was a stupid gimmick. Mrs. Cleavage would offer Beaver some of "Mother's milk" when he complained that his cereal was dry. The woman that played Mrs. Cleavage (Marianna Komlos) died from breast cancer in 2004.

That’s J-E double F J-A double R-E double TT. That’s Jeff Jarrett y’all!

I need this NWA T-shirt.

Corny doesn't have days of the week, he has D's of the week Sun D Mon D

That thumbnail is bad ass

The second version of camp cornette lol, I'll have you know

"Mundy and Sundy"

Remember watching this at 17 and thinking it was a good time to switch to Nitro.

Crazy how the guy in the middle look's like Joe Pesci

uhm YEAH! That shirt needs to happen!

NWA 4 Life the following presentation has been paid for by the National Wrestling Alliance and Corny cuts an awesome promo

"Can you get a bump'n ho for Tuesday in Phoenix?" haha that's why Jim is the leader of The Cult right there!!!

5:12 That's been Jeff Jarrett's gimmick for the last 12 years.

I live in Fresno

Jim put over Vince Russo, my ears aren't working right

I'm not sure Heckel's depiction of the alignment of Robert Gibson's eyes is entirely accurate.

I was there for the Waco Raw - the only Raw that Waco has ever had, lol.

You give McMahon way too much credit. To me it’s obvious he wanted this to get buried. See: Skinner, Dusty Rhodes in Polka dots The Rebel , the Red rooster , the widow maker and everything else from the south

Travis should do t shirts with Corny....make a fortune

I loved the NWA in the WWF

How many times does Jim say Sunday in this video

The invasion might have actually gotten over if they had used that as the official logo. Those merch shirts would've done gangbusters!

I don't even remember this

😆 Travis

Send Winkels when Russo has passed NWA was my mma training of martial art style is golden

As Jim often says, everything has to fit. An NWA invasion, especially with mid and lower carders leading it, didn't belong in the WWF's Attitude era.

Wasnt this clip posted last night ? Already listened to it earlier today

More watch alongs

This whole angle went over like a pisshole in a snowbank.

There really is no excuse for Jeff Jarrett's long term friendship with Vince Russo. You cannot be that blind for that long.

Why does Double J look like Greg The Hammer?

..an invasion like the isle of Malta.....with baron Miguel Scicluna

After all these years......one question remains -- does Vince still have a deal where he can use the NWA champ at anytime.

Man the bleach in a wrestling locker room has to be overwhelming

Well the NWA angle was a waste of time especially for Cornette and Jarrett

I remember it well.. Unfortunately it was trash with guys past their prime..with matches that were OK at best..

Bodacious Bart and Bombast Bob!

The Road Warriors should've been in this faction to provide some muscle

I remember this lasted for like one ppv maybe was horrible I remember back then people associated the nwa as hillbilly wrasslin n didn't associate w wcw then I remember it was sacreligous to have wwf mention any other promotion to.them they were only wrestling fed. In the world I remember watching wwf superstars on sat. Morning when ric flair came in 1992 n they.blurred the wcw champ. Belt n remember that's when I discovered wcw finding out that's where that belt came from n my 8 yr old brain was blown n amazed then forward to this in 1998 thought this was wwf cheap attempt at making a nwo n was laughable

“Sundey, mondey” bless them suthern boys

Sundee and Mondee